In Yanjing, in April of the summer, the willows are dark and the flowers are bright and lush, which is a good season for the cultivation of all things. The summer grows early and the south is fragrant with grass and trees. The sixth day of the April 19th is the birthday of the Crown Princess Shen’s 32nd year old. Although the banquet is not held, the Crown Princess still sent invitations and invited some female relatives of similar relationships to come.

In the early morning, Princess Nanping, the fourth wife of the fourth room of Yan Mansion, got up early and asked while dressing up: "Go and see, have you gotten up?"

Princess Nanping was born in Prince Rong's Mansion and gave birth to three sons and one daughter. The eldest son Yan Tongzhu was twelve years old, ranking fourth in the family; the second son Yan Tongliang was 10 years old, ranking sixth in the family; the third son Yan Tongming was 7 years old, ranking ninth in the family. According to the rules of the Yan Mansion, they have moved to the outer courtyard to live. Now, the youngest daughter Yan Hu, who is only five years old, still lives in the West Cross Courtyard of the Fourth House.

"Mom." Yan Huo struggled to cross the high threshold. Although she was five years old, she was a premature baby, a small one, and was weak and sickly. She was dying several times and almost died. She scared Master Yan Si and Princess Nanping torture, and made Princess Nanping blame herself. It was her mother who failed to give her daughter a good health.

"My son, did you sleep well last night?" Princess Nanping stepped forward and picked up her daughter and kissed her little face.

"Xiaoxiao slept very peacefully last night." Yan Qiu replied sweetly. Xiaoxiao is Yan Qiu's small character. Her grandmother, Princess Rong, went to Guangji Temple specifically and asked the monks there to get it for Yan Qiu, hoping to use the power of the Buddha to bless the young granddaughter to grow up safely.

"Today I am going to the East Palace to celebrate the birthday of the Crown Princess. Do you remember what your aunt told you?" Princess Nanping asked with a smile.

Yan Hu nodded, "Remember."

Princess Nanping put down Yan Hae and looked at her clothes. Yan Hae was young and had no title yet. She was wearing a long collar coat with cherry red embroidered Ruyi patterns, a flower bun, a gold hairpin inlaid with broken ruby ​​on her bun, a few thin braids hanging on her chest, and a small silver bell at the end, which looked very playful and cute. She wore a gold collar around her neck, a fish scale pattern engraved on the circle, and a long life lock with blessing and longevity patterns underneath, and a four-character auspicious prophecy of double bat arches and longevity peaches and a hundred-year-old life; under the lock are decorated with pendants in the shapes of Buddha hands, pomegranates, longevity peaches, peanuts, etc.

"Xiaoxiao, I'm dressing very beautifully today." Princess Nanping smiled with satisfaction.

"Because my mother is beautiful, my daughter is beautiful." Yan Huo said sweetly.

"I got up in the morning and ate honey, so sweet." Princess Nanping smiled and pointed her nose.

"It's so sweet if you don't eat honey." Yan Huo smiled.

After the mother and daughter were dressed neatly, Princess Nanping asked someone to hold Yan Huo and sit in a soft sedan chair to Chunhui Hall to pay tribute to Mrs. Yan Min. Mrs. Yan Min was born in the Duke of Pingguo Mansion and was the sister of the current Duke of Pingguo. Grand Tutor Yan had five sons and two daughters, but only the eldest son, the second son and the fourth son were born to Mrs. Yan. The third son, the fifth son and the two daughters were both concubines.

The eldest wife, the third wife and the fifth wife have arrived. Mr. Yan was the fourth-rank prefect in Jiangning Prefecture, and now he is in office with his wife and children. The eldest wife Zhou, the third wife Jiang, the fifth wife Wang and the eldest grandmother Wang, sat on the backrest chair below and spoke with the old wife Min. Mrs. Yan is nearly 60 years old, with silver silk on his head, wrinkles on the corners of his forehead and eyes, a kind face, and a smile on his lips at several granddaughters. A fat boy was somersaulting on the arhat couch where she was sitting. This fat boy was Yan Fenghua, the tenth master of the fifth wife, who was only two years old.

As soon as Princess Nanping and Yan Hu entered the door, the maid went forward and bowed, "Please greet the fourth wife and the twelfth wife." Yan Hu's family is still strong, and now there are ten young masters, thirteen young ladies, fifth wife and fifth wife. They are still young, so there may be more people. The eldest young master Yan Tongshu has also gotten married. Although there are no descendants yet, they will be added sooner or later. At that time, the Yan family will be in the same family as four generations.

"No need to be polite." Princess Nanping led Yan Hu around the eight large screens that painted the four seasons scenery and bowed, "Mother, daughter-in-law, I pay you peace."

Yan Huo invited her grandmother to her, and called her aunt, aunt and cousin in the house one by one. Mrs. Yan and others looked at her and showed a kind smile.

"The little man has come so much etiquette, so tired, Xiaoxiao, come here quickly and come to my grandmother." Mrs. Yan was very caring about this sick little granddaughter. In order to pray for her, she went to the temple to eat vegetarian food for 70 to 49 days, and she often ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddha's name.

"Grandmother." Yan Huo walked over and threw himself into Mrs. Yan's arms.

Mrs. Yan hugged her and refused to let her roll, "My goodness, you are going out later, you can't crumple your clothes."

Yan Huo thought so, and sat down obediently beside Mrs. Yan. Mrs. Yan touched her little face and said, "Grandma asked the chef to make chicken and oatmeal porridge. Xiaoxiao wants to eat an extra bowl later?"

"Okay." Yan Huo responded with a smile. She was not very picky about food, but she was weak, had a small appetite, and couldn't eat much. This made the elders very worried. They always wanted to coax her to eat more, so that they would be stronger and not get sick so easily.

Mrs. Yan's intimacy and concern for Yan Huo made the girls sitting next to him look different, jealous, envious, and resentful. Yan Huo didn't need to look at it, and he knew that the cousin Yan Xiang, the sixth-ranked third-person cousin. Not long after Yan Huo was born, he knew that her cousin was a reborn girl and that her premature birth was caused by this cousin.

When Princess Nanping was six months pregnant, she was hit by a cat while paying respects to Mrs. Yan Xiang. The reason why Yan Hu knew was that on the day she was full moon, Yan Xiang carried someone on her back and said, "Your life is really hard. I let the cat scare your mother, and I let her fall, but she didn't even let her get a miscarriage."

When Princess Nanping fell, nothing happened. The doctor said that the child might not be able to be saved. Princess Nanping couldn't bear it and took the baby to protect her every day, so she barely kept the child. Unfortunately, she was still less than 10 months old and gave birth to Yan Hu.

The newly born baby girl weighs only three pounds, so thin that she even cries silently. Even if she is carefully cared for, she still gets sick every few days.

Yan Hu was sick and Yan Xiang still refused to let her go. It was cold in winter. She pinched ice and stuffed it into Yan Hu's cradle. The cold made Yan Hu's fever go away. After drinking bitter medicine for half a month, he stopped the fever and did not die of illness. When Yan Hu was half a year old, Yan Xiang tried to suffocate her while others were not paying attention. When Yan Hu was seven months old, Yan Xiang stabbed her with an embroidery needle. The pain made her cry so hard that she could almost breathe and died. This cousin repeatedly tried to kill her, and she wanted to kill her until she could speak. This cousin stopped because she was afraid that she would complain. Only then did Yan Hu's life have a certain guarantee, and she didn't have to worry about Yan Xiang coming to harm her.

Yan Huo has always speculated that what was the reason why this cousin wanted to kill her? The biggest possibility is that they had a grudge in their previous life, and their cousin was reborn and came back to take revenge. Although Yan Huo didn't know anything about the past life, some of the causes and effects still had to be endured. Who made her step on the air, roll down from the upstairs, and then inexplicably took over this body? Yan Huo was more tolerant of this cousin. As long as she didn't do too much, she would generally not care about her.

"Twelve sister, your spleen and stomach are weak. Go to the East Palace later. Don't be greedy when you see something delicious. If you don't melt and get sick, you will worry about your family again." Yan Xiang reminded him with gentle face and seemed to be concerned.

An impatient flashed in Yanhu's eyes. Will this person die if he doesn't make trouble all day long? She even suspected that killing this person in her previous life was a good deed. Yanhu leaned against Mrs. Yanhu and said weakly: "I never eat randomly. Grandma, Xiaoxiao is very obedient."

"Well, we Xiaoxiao is very sensible and never greedy." Old Mrs. Yan smiled and agreed, not caring about the confrontation between the two granddaughters. She looked down at her little granddaughter with pity.

After a few gossips, the maid came in and invited everyone to the dining room. The Yan family had a wide variety of breakfast, with five types of porridge alone, including side dishes, silver shredded rolls, fresh meat buns and other staple foods. After the family quietly finished the breakfast, Princess Nanping asked Mrs. Yan, "Mother, what are your instructions?"

"You are a proper person, so there is no need for me, an old woman, to be nagging." Old Mrs. Yan was quite satisfied with several daughters-in-law, especially Zhou and Princess Nanping. Zhou was married by her. Although Princess Nanping was noble, she respected her mother-in-law very much.

"Then my daughter-in-law took Xiaoxiao out." Princess Nanping bowed and took Yan Huo away. Looking at Yan Huo's slender back, Yan Xiang pinched his palms hatefully. This girl is so life-threatening. She has been sick for so many years and will never die. Then she resented Princess Nanping. She had such a good opportunity to go to the East Palace, so she only knew to take her biological daughter to go, without caring about the niece of several other rooms.

At the second gate, a green silk and silver-top red wheel car was parked. The maid helped Princess Nanping get on the carriage, and then carried Yan Huo on. Princess Nanping's personal maid Jade and Yan Huo's personal maid Licorice followed him on the carriage.

"If you feel uncomfortable, tell your mother, do you know?" Princess Nanping originally didn't want to bring her daughter out, but the eldest sister had to make her tired.

Yan Hu nodded: "Well, my daughter knows."

The Yan family is in the south of the city, and the East Palace is not far from the palace. In the city, one hour later, the carriage of the Yan Mansion and the carriage of the King of Chu Mansion met outside the palace gate of the East Palace. Princess Nanping frowned and took Yan Huo off the carriage. A mother and daughter in palace outfits also came down from the carriage opposite. It was the Princess Xiao Yan of Chu and her daughter, Tang Xin, the lord of Gaocheng County.

"Nanping has met the Princess Chu." Although Princess Nanping is the sister-in-law of the Princess Chu, Siye of Yan is now only a fifth-rank grand scholar in the Zhongji Palace. He first comes first and then the family. Princess Nanping naturally wants to salute the Princess Chu, who is the first-rank princess. Of course, if Princess Chu is a polite person, she will not accept the gift of her sister-in-law in her parents' family. However, Princess Chu avoided it and accepted her gift with integrity.

Yan Huo knew that this illegitimate little aunt was a little confused and didn't care. She followed her mother to salute the Princess Chu and the Lord of Gaocheng, "Please pay tribute to the Princess Chu and the Lord of Gaocheng."

The Princess of Chu then raised her hand proudly and said, "The fourth sister-in-law doesn't have to be too polite." She is a concubine daughter. After becoming the step concubine of the King of Chu, she became inflated and likes to put on airs in front of others.

The county lord Gaocheng nodded slightly, "Princess Nanping."

Seeing her arrogant expression, Princess Nanping's eyes flashed slightly. It turns out that she could teach her daughter with any kind of mother. Although she didn't mind the rudeness of County Lord Gaocheng, she just felt funny, but this was at the gate of the East Palace. If she didn't express her opinion, she was afraid that someone would see her. When Princess Nanping was easy to bully, she asked lightly: "Why didn't Yijia come today?"

Princess Yijia is the legitimate daughter born to the former Princess of Chu. She is now the first granddaughter. She is quite favored and is now kept by her grandmother Zhou Xian in the palace. Princess Nanping knew about this, but she deliberately stabbed her.

The Princess Chu's expression was slightly stiff, and she said, "My mother felt a little uncomfortable. Yi Jia has always been filial, so she stayed in the palace to take care of her grandmother."
Chapter completed!